Chapter 486: Repair Failed! Qingfeng Secret Realm!

Under Leng Yuexi's guidance, the two quickly left the urban area of the Chaos Triangle Zone.

They arrived at a small valley on the outskirts.

Unlike ordinary valleys, the plants growing here were unusually lush.

At nine o'clock in the morning, sunlight poured from the sky, filling the entire valley with the scent of light.

Even the dense light elements had solidified, making the valley seem draped in a golden gauze.

"This is Xiao Yang Valley, the place with the densest light elements in the Chaos Triangle Zone."

Leng Yuexi said, "You can try repairing your light element essence here."

Xu Jingming nodded and took the light element essence out of his space ring.

Hum—

The moment it was pulled out, the nearly solidified dense light elements in the valley surged into the light element essence.

The previously dim light sphere brightened slightly.

"It's working!"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up and he asked the Eva inside his smart bracer:

"Eva, at this rate, when will the damaged element essence be fully repaired?"

"Please wait..."

A pale blue light projected out, scanning the light element essence in detail before replying:

"At this rate, it will take approximately 100 years."

"To restore the damaged element essence to a perfect 100% evolved ability state."

"100 years... that long?" Xu Jingming frowned.

Even if the requirement were lowered to just 80% success rate, he'd still have to wait eighty years.

By then, the cabbage would be cold...

"It seems the light elements here aren't dense enough."

He helplessly put the light element essence back into his space ring.

But this effort wasn't entirely fruitless—at least he now knew the element essence could indeed be repaired.

"There are very few places in the Chaos Triangle Zone with dense elements."

"Xiao Yang Valley is already among the top few with the highest concentration."

Leng Yuexi also sighed helplessly, "As for places with high water element concentration, there isn't even one in the entire Chaos Triangle Zone."

"Aren't you planning to return to Great Xia? You could check there."

The Chaos Triangle Zone only has abundant beast resources and rare flora.

Otherwise, it's extremely barren.

Otherwise, the weak nation of Myanmar wouldn't be ignored by every country.

"I do know one place in Great Xia with high element concentration—Lei Ting Secret Realm—but it's for lightning elements."

"I'm not sure about places with high light or water elements."

"After returning, I'll have to ask my teacher."

Xu Jingming nodded.

At that moment, Eva's voice came from the smart bracer:

"S-Class, didn't you forget about me? I know almost all the places in Great Xia with high element concentration."

"Right, you're basically a walking encyclopedia."

Xu Jingming immediately realized and asked urgently:

"Then tell me, which place in Great Xia has high light and water element concentration?"

"Simple, I'll find it for you right away."

A map of Great Xia was projected, with several locations marked.

"There—these places."

Eva said softly, "But all these locations are controlled by major factions; ordinary ability users probably can't enter."

"The places you can enter have element concentration similar to Xiao Yang Valley—no real use."

"Can't enter? Then what's the point of telling me this?" Xu Jingming was speechless.

Dense natural elements greatly benefit element-based ability users.

Staying in such an environment for long periods not only increases ability proficiency.

It can even boost cultivation speed to some extent.

Once controlled by a faction, these places are almost never opened to outsiders.

Especially since repairing element essence absorbs elements and lowers concentration.

"If you're willing to pay a high price, you might still gain entry to these faction-controlled locations."

"But it's practically useless—even at the highest concentration spots."

"It would still take three to four years to repair the element essence."

Eva's clear voice sounded again, "But I've heard of a place with even higher element concentration."

"And S-Class, you can enter it without paying any price."

"Oh? Where?" Xu Jingming asked eagerly.

"The Qingfeng Secret Realm—the reward for the top 100 in the Global Genius Exchange Competition."

Eva replied, "Inside that secret realm are seven elemental pools: water, wind, fire, earth, lightning, light, and dark."

"There, your element essence should repair quickly."

The Global Genius Exchange Tournament, hosted by the United Nations, awards different prizes to contestants who rank relatively high.

This Clear Peak Secret Realm is a place that only the top 100 of the Genius Tournament may enter.

Within that secret realm, large quantities of rare flowers, exotic herbs, and strange fruits are cultivated.

These resources can all be picked freely.

"Clear Peak Secret Realm? I understand." Xu Jingming nodded.

This would have to wait until the Genius Tournament concluded and the prizes were collected before he could experiment.

But that was only a few months either way, so it wouldn't delay anything significant.

"There really is such a place in the Clear Peak Secret Realm.

It's just a pity that in that year's Genius Tournament, I was still more than ten places short of the top 100, so I never got to experience this secret realm firsthand."

Leng Yuexi sighed with some regret, then said with a smile:

"With your current strength, Jingming, getting into the top 100 of the Genius Tournament is certainly no problem at all."

A combat power at the Seventh-Order Grandmaster level would have been enough to contend for the top 30 in previous Genius Tournaments!

Xu Jingming merely smiled at her words and said nothing.

Top 100?

This time, he was aiming for the championship!

"By the way, Jingming, do you still remember that deputy commander of the Vanir Corps we met in the Wilderness Zone?"

At this moment, Leng Yuexi suddenly recalled something and asked:

"The squad of white men he led at Civilization Ruins No. 3 was killed on the highest level of the ruins.

This group seems to have been from the William family of America, and they've been giving him trouble lately.

I just wanted to ask you — did you notice any unusual activity inside the ruins back then?

Or did you see anyone suspicious?"

A suspicious person? Isn't that just me?

Although that was what he thought, Xu Jingming naturally wouldn't admit it on the surface, and shook his head:

"After entering Ruins No. 3, I just wandered around the lower levels for a while.

After feeling there wasn't much to it, I left directly."

"Alright, I'll just reply to him with that."

Leng Yuexi nodded, not doubting it in the slightest.

With Xu Jingming's strength, he could indeed have taken care of that squad that had two Seventh-Order Grandmasters.

But the two sides had no grudge between them, and Xu Jingming had no motive whatsoever to make a move.